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Bates Eleven Leaves Kingston With Dr. Dinsmore Talks Bob Strong Goes A Hard-Won Victory of 13 to 0 To Student Body Big in Last Run 1
Tuffts - Rhody Cross - Country . ~ . I Noted Critic Gives Appreciative Criticism of Dante · Meet Finds Rhody Winner of Mame Team Shows Great Speed;·. Our Horne Team Puts Up Big Battle But Cannot Withstand the Ray Brothers __. _ 37-20 Score; Dring, Showing· _ _ _ __,·_ _ _ In assembly on Monday, November Fine Form, Comes in Second On Thursday, Novem ber 5, the packfield , moving with precisi o n a nd 2nd, Dr. Di nsm ore,_ professor of Spir"Bob" Strong, Rhode Island's prem'ier long distance runner, made his last .appearance o n the long c ourse a most .s pectacular one. On Friday, NovemJ;>er 7th, in the dual meet w ith Tufts, ·he broke his previ o us reco rd for th e course by taking first place in 24 minutes, 3 2-5 seconds. Flis old record was 24 minutes, 8 seconds. It was a spectacu lar finale to his four years of running at R. I. In those four years, he has never once been beaten over the long cour.se. More than once, his first plac es have won me ets that otherwise w ould h ave been lost. "Bob" h a s establish ed two records that will stand unbrok en f o t· years; Much credit for Strong's showin g must be given to "Lou" Ddng, who pushed him to his best at the finish . Dring also broke the existing recor d . Udell t ook the lead at t h e '' sta;t , setting a fast pace till the long hill was reached . The others followed, closely bunched.
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over- quickl y forming interference, at once unc over ed an off e n siv e. Ray shot off whelmed t h e R. I. State t eam , 13 - 0, his left tack le for t e11 yards and a in what was expected to be a c losely fit·st d own, quicl• lY follow ed by a fought contest. Using pt·actically but t.h rust throu gh center·. for six yards one play, an off -tackle smash , t h e b oys m or e . T h e advance was checked on from Lewis ton ope ned up b ig h oles in the twenty-yard stripe, R. I. taking the Rh ode Island line t hrough which the ball o n d ow•ns. Vinton pl unged their backs rushed behind perfect in- thru center for t hre e yards, but a t e rference. That t h e score w as not Bates halfb ack p l ucked t h e cowhi de larg er t han it was, was p robably due and ran twenty yards fo r a fir st score. 'to the fac t that the Maine players A n offside p lay gave the m t h e extra wet·e re peated ly pen a lized 5, 10, and point. 15 yards. Captain War de , Conroy, R h ode I s lari a · c"bu1<i'-no't" "Jliei•ce 'the• Barber, H ammett, Brown, Walk er and Ba tes Jin.e consistentl y and had ·to r e Blake did good work for State, while sort to. ·kiekin g•-&Utc•.o,f ... d.ang.er •. I n ...the. the dusky Ray brothers got the ho n· sec o nd quarter t h e Maine college u n ors for Bates. leash ed anot h er drive and with t h e Chocolate Char lie Ray, one of the R a y hrot he't's fea t uring the a t tack , best halfbacks in New England, made mov ed steadily down the field to the one of the touchdowns for Bates whfle twenty -yard stripe, where Cha rlie R a y .t he other l'JlSUlted from a fumE!g. __In ar, .• .. a .hrilUa nt ...e.n.cl·. run.£XO'>S':'.,;l: the the first qua rter, R ho de Islan d, with goal lin e . The attempt at an extra the wind at her back, kicked off to po int fa il ed, Bates' thirty- five yard line. The Bates (Continued on page 3) .
L•Itt}e Th.eatre 'V.arsi•ty Is R. eady • FOf C· onn. AggJeS P. art YSCOreS A Big Success Week of Intensive Practice
itual ·Appreciation of Literature, at Yale University, w as the speaker of t he afternoon . He chose for his subject, Dante. According;·. to · Dr. ·Dinsmore, " N o man is an ed ucated man who does not k no w something of the best bread of thought in the world. The supreme poet of the world is Dante. ·Dante, t h e man who has b e.e n in hell, wro te t he Divine Comedy, in which are pict u res of terrible mag nificence. It is a stupendous mo1:1ument of human genius ." Dante h as ,such strong taste that some cannot endure him-his pictures of God are incomprehensible--yet w h ile once under the spell of h is gen ius there is. a passion felt for Dante as for no other poet. Longfellow t r anslated the Divine Comedy, and there .. )YfiS ,,,,methJng of the ''fire and splendor in the soul of Dante th at fell upon Longfellow." Everyone should t·ead some poetry to ke ep his i magination and soul alive.
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Wit h t he B a t es game on T h ursday, Before a s urprisingly large a nd en- the R. I. 'varsity squad will benefit thusiastic crowd, t h e L ittl e T h eatre b h d d t f th d Party wo n ren owned recognition and Y a m uc nee e res o ree ays. high praise fro m both stud ents and T he rough g-oin g in the last t wo games villagers w h o attended t he p la y in h as laid u p m any of t he boys wit h Lippitt H a ll. The hall was filled to w r enched knees, although n ot very its utmost capac ity and echoed and serious, it is bad enough to keep them re-echoed ,w ith constant ap p lause of f rom puttin g all their p e p into the the highly c ongen ial and ap p reciative gam e . The 'varsity h as b ee n bru shing-
The "Frosh" foot ball team went <lo wn t o Co rinecticut Saturday , Nov. 7, and lost to t he Connecticut "F'rosh" b y the tune of 14 to 2. The Fresh·n\en showed t he r esults of playing the day previous in P r ovidence a nd were tired out when it came to play a t Con - audience. necticut. The curtain · Both teams were evenly matc hed, 'but the Connecticut :B~r€sh les taki ng .advantage of t he breaks sco red two to u c h dow ns i n t he first quarter. They missed both tries for points a fte 1: to!lchdown. Dixon scored both of their touchdowns. After the first quarter it was a dif·ferent story e ntirely. Our Freshies outplaye,d the Connectic ut Freshies .and only on account of fumbling in the backfi e ld we would have scored .a · touchdown. The best our boys could do was to score a safety . RinaJdo, R . I. captain, broke through ·t:ti.e Connecticut "Frosh" line and threw Williams, the Co nnecticut q)larterback, for a safety b ehind his line. The Connecticut Freshm en also ·.scored a safety when one of' their linemen broke throug h the R . I. line .a nd threw Allen for a safety. That (Continued on Page 3)
'l'he three supreme poets are Homer, the poet of action; Dante, the poet of justice to Almighty God; and Shakespeare, t he poet of passion. While (Continued on Page 3)
Tech High Humbles Rhody ''Frosh" Team IFreshies
Get Second. Setback of Season at Providence
Rhod€ Island State Freshmen received their second setback of the season when they were defeated by Prov-
idenc e Tech High t o the tune of 51 to 12. However, they are the first team to sco re on Tech this season ·· In the first half the yearlin gs see med helpless and found it impossi u p on all phases of the game during· · · · ·· the past week. p t' . d ble to stop the Tech backs, wb,Q arises and between un mg, passmg, an d d th 1. f · f b loc king h ave been perfected to a fin- puun e e me or gam a ter gain. gasps of "oh's" a nd "ah 's" we beh old The P r ovidence boys found the line a setting of time immemo r ia l-man esse. Th e coaches have b een stressing weak and made their attack a lmost striving fo r the hand of his lady fair. ) team play, and plenty of t ime was entir"ely against it. In the first quarT .he youth is John E. Hines alias Her- sp_ent in bringing t his most important ter Rodriquez tackled a Tech back so bert Metcalf a n d th e maiden G ertrude phase of the game to a machine -like hard that the latter fumbled. Rin Williams alias An ne Jor don. Metcalf, s m oothness. The team has been de- aldo picked up the loose ball, and who is a d r eadf ul bore, is also a tern - ve!oping a crucial driv e and Connecraced 60 yards f or a touchdown. ticut will have its hands full when peramental and sentimental dreamer. In the last half the Freshmen held And Miss J ordon, not knowi ng her the locals ·get going. the P r ovidence team a little · better, own mind, b u t having a misg uided, Knowing that a few m e n tal miscues while Jo hnson starred on the offense creative imagination, believes that she by the quarterback would work dis- as well as on the defense. A steady is in love wit h him. However, just astro usly In a close game, much .at- stream of substitutes kept going on as Metcalf believes that he has con- t ention has been paid to t he perfec- and off the field, but the Freshmen quered the ·world and that the fair tion and training them in the specific could not stop the .a ttack of the Tech maiden is his, a veritable plague en- plays. backs. In the last minute of play of ters into t he scene in the person of Some of the standard Connecticut the last quarter, the Tech center made Warren Colston, alias Frank Oakes, to p lays that have been used against a bad pass. Jo hnson p icked it up and form t he e ternal t riangle. Disputes I Rhod e Island were tried by the subs, went 40 yards for the second toucha nd wrangling follow with both male while the 'varsity 'smothered· ti:J.e down of the game and the second parties participating with the result yannigans for losses. A defense against Tech this seaso n. that they withdraw from the field of against. the menacing Connecticut aer- . Johnson,. RinaLdo, Allen and Rodri· conquest battered and disheveled.. ial game was well perfected and quez starred for the Freshmen, while (Co ntinued on Page 4 ) (Continued on Page 4) (Continued from Page Z)
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THE BEACON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1925
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The Old Fight Saturday, Team! Alumni
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The following gToup of recor ds were The d uties of R. I. Stat e's a lumni taken from Spaulding's Official Guide sho u ld be in bdnging the college Into on football, plays of 192 4: the foreg1·ound and thus mak ing it a Lo p gest scoring r un-10 4 yards. la rger ins tit ution. They certainly can Longest scoring run bac k of kickbe importan t by do ing everyth ing in off- 1 0 2 yards. t heir power to "serve R. I. Sta te in Longest run from scrimmage-10 1. many ways which will bri ng ad mira L a rgest scoring r un on intercepted tion to ali persons who a r e in any way p ass- 104 yards. connected with the instit ution, as well Lo ngest scoring run on intercepted I as to those who axe not. pass-104 yards. T he A lu m n i should a ct a s an exLongest field goal frotn d ro pk ickternal stirnulus toward th eir Alma 52 yards. I ~Mat er, thus causing reflex actio ns Largest number of po ints scored by _with i n the college, namely the student one player during the season-1 00. b ody, which \vould develop a ca pacity -Excha nge. fo r expanslon. Much depends upon ~ - -those w ho have ~t·aduated , whether. ·.· Students of Wabash Co llegG are
(G. H. A.) No\;v, I sat clown the othe·r n ight,
Fom· subjects to prepare, But I was tired and sfeepy And really d idn't care. I glanced the fi rst one over, Said to myself, "Oh, h ell!" I'll cut this class tomorrow, I can do that very wel l. For 'I'll have nothi n g there t o fear; I haven't cut this course all year. " 'l' he second was a cinch course. Said I, "'Twould never do To spend time reading all this sturt· When I can bluff it thru . I'll sling the 'prof.' a heavy line;
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Willis J. Snow, ' 25 S ev e 1~al upperclassmen have ~;em arked recently upon the lax ity of some of our Freshmen in making and Walter Suita, '27-Athletics Bernice E. Grieves, '2 7 Intercollegiate replying t o the customary salutations ·George H. Alexander, '27-Feature exch a nged w hen st udents of Rhode Walter S. Gratton, '2 5-Campus Martha 0 . Sayles, '26-Co - ed Islan d me et. A realization of this attitu d e on the NEWS BOARD part o;f some of the yea rlings was Katherine V. Clark. '2 6 brought forc~ftHly t o my own mind by :M'HC!red L . 'l'hompson, '27 an incident which occurred a f ew days Ethel D . Hay, '~l7 Charles F: Wilcox, '27 ago. George H. Glines, '27 Together with anoth er c lassmate I Dwight W . Randall, '28 was w a lk in g up the roadway leading Maurice Conn, '28 Benjamin Fine, '28 to t he village, and on the w a y met a Lillia n Blanding, '28 Charles T. Miller, '28 Freshma n heading down toward us. A·s he came closer to us, he gave n o BUSINESS DEPARTMENT i ndication of any intention to speak, and a s he was about to pass by, my Russell A. Eckoff, '27, Adverti.sing friend and myself both hail ed him · Kenneth Earle, '28-Subscription Robert M. Asclikian, '28-Circulation w ith t he c u stomary " H i, t here!" He Samuel Engdah l, '28 b ut f a v or ed us with a "wh o-are-yout hat-1 -sho u lcl-speak -to-you" glance, and W\)nt on without a w ord. vVhere he was going I do not know, but before he was beyond hearin g distance · L ast week with the game with Bates t here was no doubt in h is mind as we witnessed a n unusual occurrence. to one _p lace he could go, as far as Nevertheless it was one which inspired we were con cerned. ever y onloo ker. There is, of course, n o ruling re-
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threatening a walkout because the fac ulty passed an order b anning the student-ow n ed cars from campus. AIth oug h t h e or d er h as. b een Issue · d the students have not as yet disposed of their cars.-Excllange.
He' ll take it a ll and think it's fine!' .. The th ird in lin e w a s rather tou gh, I But I co uld 1~ot recali I J ust what assignment had b een made,_ I So di d not read a t all! The fourth, for me , was far t oo deep-. I read fo ur Jines an d fell a sleep! One prob lem of drinking at Am- An d thus t h e student, day by day, herst has come befo re t he student Plods on to win his "cum laude!" body. A committee has been organ ized to enforce the non-drink ing rules 0 TEMPORES a nd · uphold the good name of Amherst."-Ex. - --·Ten years ag o, my dear Marie, Those who are worry in g a bou t the I fell in love with you. present widespread interest in athlet- So m uch in Jove, I m u st confess, I scarce knew what t o d o. ics are those who do not understand the sig·nificance of eligibility r ules and who do not see any educati.onal value And then you cruelly broke my heart. in ath letic exercises as they a re conOne nigh t ten year s ago; cluctecl, said Dean "Randall. On great For when I "po pped the qu estion" expenditure of time, etc., wh ich the Your answer t hen was, "No!"
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Now, I am still a bachelor, Bu t as h a ppy as a lark; \Vhile you, -Marie, la st evening, Strolled p ast me in t he park. One arm clasped tight a bawling babe,, Friend husband g ras p e d the other, "Whil e o n behind five children trailed,,. And each one called _yo u "Mother.''·
a demic, for should th is take place, It bro ught back to my min d again That night ten yea rs ago . there ·wou ld be no grounds fo r interThank God , Marie! Thank God, Marie! est in either."-Ex. Your a nsw er t hen was " No!"
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\Ve are t rying to make u p a program of c oming events each week, such as in this isue. We wou ld apprec ia t e the co-operation of the heads of a ll organizations. It is almost impossible to gather a ll t he coming events in advance. If t he organizations would see to it tha t t he desired information is handed to one of the
( Continued f rom P age 1 ) Gifford, Brown and Fea les were the, . sh in ing lights for Tech.
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Tech High . Matthews, le -------------- r e, Henberger I . H a nley, It --------------------------- rt, Keatmg · Dirvinsky, Jg ----,---------·----- rg, McCrillis · Lazareck, c -------------------- --- c, Rinaldo follow ing before Sunda y evening each . . Nardelli, rg -------------------- lg, Rodnquez . . week, it will be published: D. R. Johnso n , re ---------------------- le , O'Connor I Kinzie-Zeta Pi Alpha; W. S. Grat ton-Delta A lpha Psi; A. L. Hille r Feo le, qb ---------------------------------- qb, Reid Brown, lhb ---------------· ------------ rhb, Hoar D elta Sigma Epsilo n . Gifford, rhb -------------------··--- l~b, Epstein _ The motto of '" Th e H ornet ," pub - Rotelli, fb -------------------------------- fb, All,e n lished by Furman University, is very Score-Tech 51, State Freshmen 12; effective, being "To strive, to seek, to touchdowns- Brown 3, Dirvinsky 2, · find and not to y 1·eld " Gifford , Rotelli, Johnson, A. Johnson, . ' · · With his trips confined entirely to Rinaldo; points after touchdownsgoi ng to ball games a B. U. man found Garland, Cuffe, Brown; substitutions- .. h is collegiate career ended with three Johnson for Keating, Mastrangelo for .· thousand miles of b u mming to his McCr illis, Pike for Rinaldo, Rinaldo .
Fro m the student field lo o k ing. to- quiring a f reshman t o greet an upward Chickenville Hill, a group of p erc lassman upon meeting him, unless the upperclassman is a senior. It is, m oving objects dressed in white trousers and blue sweaters were migrating however, a cust om here to do so, a nd toward the field. As this body ap- upp ercla ssmen of every yea r, f or the d most part, gree't each other upon proached nearer and nearer, lo an It ought not to be necessary behold, it was our College Band, issu- :~~s~~:· upperclassmen to speak .first; ing forth strains of a popular march. the freshmen should feel that it is his · The College Band took its position part to do so, and there is no excuse in front of the athletic house, where at a ll for the freshman who absolutely it 'added greatly to the encouragement ignores the greeting of an uppercla ssfor our a lma mater to fight h arder. man who speaks first. To rep ly is , The band has been rehearsing faith- simply a common courtesy which may credit. fully every week and should be a big justly be expecte d a nywhere, of a genT he n u mber of stu d e n ts now e n surprise fo r our alumni when they re- tleman. rolled in MassachUsetts Agricultural College is 1 7 5. Of this number 38 are tur n for Home Coming Day. Just a word t~ the group of "highwomen. :When our band makes its appear- h a tt'ed" freshmen we have among us! ance on Nov. 14, let us all give it our Snap out of it! Rhode Island State earnest support in every way so it will has no use for the prig; snob; the be an asset to our cheering section. (Continued on Page 4)
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f or O'Connor, Keating for Swift, Mastrangelo f or Henberger, Deery for Reed, Caulfield for Keating, McGoan f or Caulfield, Munro for Mastrangel o, . Hurwitz for Munro; Tech: Coleman for Mathews; referee--Higgins; urn- ........... pire--Riley; head linesman-Schustir ; time--four 12-minute quarters.
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Alumni! Come Watch The Team "Talk It Up"
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Glee Club Prepares Fraternities Pledge Additional Men For First Show
(Continued from page 1) The second half the ball remained in B ates' possession most of the period The Zeta Pi Alpha fratern ity- John except when Rhode Island drove to Three New Members Elected; Shoes mit h , '27, Providence, R. I. her opponents' 25-yard strip a nd lost First and Second Tenor Needed T h e L am bda C h i Alpha fraternity- the ball on downs. Here a lso Bates Rich ard M a rtin, Hyde Park, Mass.; showed a consistent aerial attack with The second meeti ng of the year w as Jam es B r indle, Westerly , R.I.; Horace c . Ray on the tossing end, connecting held by· the Glee C lub on Novem b er 3 , K nowl es, West Kingston, R. I. for several long gains. Twice Bates
Whe n Con nec ticut Aggies· come t o R . I. Nov . 1 4, t h eY come with t he b es.t team w hich they will be a b le t o put on t h e fi e ld. Their record s o fa r t h is sea s o n is not very impressive but they are c oming· prepar ed to put u p a s tiff b attle. Coach Do le h a s shifted h is lineup
sll·"'~h tly. Captain Brink, now fully T he C ampus Club-Alden Peterson, work ed the ballb to Th P e t h the thBlue t andk 1 recover ed fr om his shoulder i n j ury. Providence , R. I ., omas ow r, vVhite goal posts u .ere ey s r ue will b e back at his old position at end . thirty present a t t h e rehearsal, and it N ew p o r t , R. I.; Joseph Santoro, Prov- an impenetrable _barn er, the Rhode J Daly w ill return to the center of the
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The new · songs now being pra cticed are: The Jolly Bl a cksmith's L a y , by Gibes, ·Doan · Y e C ry M:a Honey, b y · - by Nolan Smith, Mammy' s Lullaby, and Spross, a n d When Good Fellow s Get Together, b y Hovey and Bu llard.
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using co llege banners and low lights with potted pl a nts in each win d ow. 'The dance began 'dt ''s p. 'rri. iu1d ~v ery minute from ·then 1untn 1 1'1':30 was spent having a good· tih\e' ·by the ;l . ()~ . Drin g a re t wo of the best runners of Johnson and Rodriquez starred, while od d couples ·who attehded : ·' c ·a eo:rgti which N e w England can bo.as.t w h en Callahan, Hewitt a t1d .Dixon starred P i erce, with his a ble assistatits~· p roved: · a. lJeppy orc hestt·a which lnade every.: on t h e ir own c o urse an d all they've got for Co nnecticut. to do at B oston is to show their regone s t ep th e whole evening. The summary: ul ar f orm to c o me thro u gh a mong the Riwde Island Connecticut The p a tron esses of t he affai r were: first fiv e . Rinaldo (capt.) re re Hewitt· Mrs . Lillian Peppard, Mrs. Henry: It is do ubtful whether or not Ben- Keating rt rt Sayers M ay, M r s. V\Talton Scott, Mrs. Chester ny Fin e wi ll r un because of rec ent Mastrange lo rg r g G ilman IV. Smith and Mrs. Burt Hartwell. The sickness, b ut i f he does get in form Pike c c Callahan girls of S o tlth Hall and the H ome again in time for the mel'lt he should Rod riquez lg lg Calicurcio Manage ment house wiq1 ~heir friends, p lace well up in f ront if he keeps u p Swift It It Crombie were g uests .of the ~verlln'g . the s n a ppy running shown the first O'C onnor le Harriet L e wis, '27, was general le vVilson part of the season. Johnson rhb rhb Sahagian chairman of the dance and it is to The team w ill be picked on Thurs- Archambault lhb ll1b Dixon her with her able Freshmen assistants day. Th e men who will probably Allen fb fb Brown (capt.) that t he cr e dit for the success of the qualify on th e first seven are Capt. Reid qb qb \iVillia ms eve n ing b e longs. J 1 • • ·: 'f~
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years later he met her again, and wrote a sonnet to her beauty. At t he a g e of twenty-four B eat r ice died, Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in her n~emory for "she was the revelation of t h e most high. " Beatrice governed a ll hl·s after years. In the year 130 2 Dante was exiled fr o m !taly and twenty •. years later he died . There stands now a bronze lamp over his tomb, p lace d t here by the dty of Florence to "ex.-· press sorrow, repent ance, an d t heir love fo r this great poet." Dr. Dinsmore. went on to explain the D ivine Comedy, and painted vividly :,
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certs .w ill consist of, solos, read i n g s, instrumental numbers, and so n gs by the chorus. T h is will make a w ell ba.lanced program that is expect e d to p l ease everyone.
"th Dante Is · the "'~reat est .. of ,.: . ·these . ,,, th· .e voice of ten ··· s il ent · .e · . ,:."C~ntunes, ,' th 1 greatest .Christian. poet, and e on ly t who h a s sw e pt over the wh o e poe garment of t h e human soul. Dante w a s b orn in Florence, in t he year 1 265. He r ec e ived the best e~ucation of the time. At the age o f mn e years he met Bea trice , and "so m ething in her beauty f ascinated him." E ~er after love r ule d over his so u l. N me
Island boys showmg plenty of battle line f r om en d. Lorentzen, who filled when on their own goal line and say- Daly's p la ce a t center may be started ing, "They shall not pass." a t right g u ard, though Do le is unde• The defensive work of Barber and ci d ed betw e e n h im and ·Johnso n , who• Captain \Yarde stood out on the line has bee n s h owing up well in t hat po-: and Ken Brown's tackling behind the sitlon. Fienneman, end , Nanfeldt and line was deadly; The ho~e te~m •. J Zollin, t a ckles, and B itgood , .g uard;. s m art.ing under ~he d~feat, wtll go ~nto w ill all b e in t heir respective p.ositions. the big game a"'amst the Connecticut Behind the line D o le will probably Aggies full of fight and promise to u se t he s a me q uartet that has ;been. make an interesting afternoon. performing s o smoothly this seasoit. The lineup: In th is event, Schofield w ill call sig~ Rhode Island Bates nals with Filmer and Morelan d at the vVarde (Capt.), le --·--------· re, Vilimple halves, a nd Makofski at full . Eddy, cieary, It -----------------------------·-· rt, Boone Sop homore halfb a ck , who has been Barber, lg ------------.------·-----,----- rg, Smith con fi ned t o the infirmary:'by sickness: Conray, c ------------------------ c, Townshend will pro b a b ly accompany the squad Rogus, rg ------------------------·--···-- lg, White on the t rip . Others who_ w ill make Taylor, rt ---------------------------- lt, Morelli the trip to Rhode Island inclu.de John~ Blake, re ---------------------------------- le, Peck sori, Hohn, Baker, Longo .and ).\1cAI.;
W ilb our ne, Mulcahy, Udell, Berard ine ll! and Smith. The squad will l eave on F r t' day f o r .Boston so as to be in the b est po ssib le condition when the star ting gun goes off at nine o'clock, Sat u rday.
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on Satu r day, November 7, Sigma ·t d · h Kap pa sor on y gave a .anc.e rn onor of its ple d gees. The affa ir bega n at eigh t o'cl ock, with t h e Coll egians furn ishing t he music. D uring the first half-.h our orig-· inal novelty dancing was enjoyed. The d ecor a tions, consisting of laur e l, f er ns, 1naroon a nd lavendar· chrysa nthemums, a nd triangle shaded lights presen t ed an effective color schem e . The porch was enclosed a n q de.c orated with college and fraternal banners.
Each p ledgee was given a corsage. of violets. During in termission Sigma Kappl!• s u n d ae and lavendar fro s ted •I were served. M rs . J. B . Peck and lVIrs. J . B~ Smith · act ed as patronesses, while ~ Miss Pec k a nd Miss Birch were guests o f the sorority.
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All Turn Out For November 14th LITTLE THEATRE PARTY I 'VARSITY IS READY SCORES A SUCCESS FOR CONN. AGGIES (Continued from page 1) Ho wever, Oakes is the chosen man of A nne J ordon and goes away in tri:ump h. But all is not w ell fo r the prepossesin g and self-centered Mr. Oakes, f or j ust at this most u no pportune mom e nt f o.r him, A lan Floud, alias Jack Gard ner, who turns out to be the real apd w o rthy hero of the lady in quesUo n, is introduced into the J ordon ll,.o u seh old as a fr i e n d of Mr. Jordon.
(Continued from Page 1) sho ul d wor k well in the final game o f t he year. T h e 'varsity will line up as in t h e past games, of course, as in past years t he first eleven will play until necessit y f orces a change. This idea does n ot a llo w many substitutions. Ca p tain " B eanie" vVarde will p lay left end. He has been a mainstay o n R ]1.o de Island football teams for t h e pal'Jt three years. Always playing t h e
has bee n savi n g him, because of a bad knee, for t he big g a me. T aylor or Rogu s may get the berth at r igh t tac kle. It is practically a toss-up between th ese two hard-worki n g lads. R ogers will be remembere d fo r his work in th e C. C. N. Y. game. Blake w i ll probably start the game at rig h t e n d. H e has an affinity fo r f alling 011 fum b led balls as noted i n t he Lowen T ec h f ray. sa m e stellar f o otball, no matter w h at T he bac kfield w ill h ave the smoo t h the o d ds against him, or what th e p o siti on, but wi t h Co nr oy a n d Ralsto n wo r king c ombi n ation of D onald a t as substitutes, tha t place may be well resu lts will be. q ua1)ter, Townsend or D raghetti le ft assured is taken car e of s ple ndid ly, " D ick" Barbel' will play left tackl e, h alf : bac k , Brown r ight half back, a n d Vint'on fu ll back. Sdme of t h e subs that have been 5 DO YOU KNOW? s h owin g promise a n d may get into t h e game, are H a mm ett and Intos, ends ; ·.! Carlso n ,· tac k le; H ill and Hickey, The Stuclents' Hand-Boolr of Practical Hints on the Technique of b acks; J e nsen , en d . "Kippy" Boswort h Effective Study :By 'William Allan Brooks may have to r emain out of the game A GUIDE containing hUnd reds of practical hints and s h ort c uts in i f h is b ack inj u r y do es not get better . t he economy of learning , to assist students in securing MAXIMUM SCHOLASTIC RESUJ... TS at a min imum cost of time, en er gy, a n d fatig u e. "Th e m e m b ers o f th e Class of '2 9 ESPECIALLY RECOTh'lMENDED f or overwor ked stu de n ts a nd sho u ld b e a s prou d of t h eir caps a nd athletes engaged in extra curriculum activities an d for average and honor students who a r e working for h igh scholastic achievem ent. ru le ca r d s as a k i n g is of his crown ," Some of the Topics Covered sai d Dean H a w k es o f Columbia Uni Scientific Shortcuts in Effective Diet During Athletic Training. versity . Study, How to Study Modern LanI Preparing for Examinations. guages. Writing Good Examinations. ~·How to Study. ScienGe';· LiteraBrain and Digestion in Relation i t ure, etc.
Th ~ t hri lling moment of· the play co:m.e s when Jack Gardner finds him self i n love with M iss Jordon, w h om he t hinks is a se lfis h and ungratefu l y oung flirt because she has broke n three .e ngagem.ents. The closing act fin ds, Jack :;.nd Anne very much in love with each other, even though his bridge., an eng:ineering enter prise, was ,not .accep ted by the co ntractors. " A nd so this young couple, even tbo ugh penniless, reconcile themselves t.W. lao.king i nto an adventuro us futu r e pf. ,.rove and happiness.
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or lef t guard , if th e o ccasio n de m a n d s. Joh n n y \ '\Ta lker will b e statione d at L i ke Warde, Barb er h as played fo r rig h t g uar d . His p laying in the g·ames three years on R . I. t ea m s, h a vin g during t he b e ginning of the seaso n pa r ticipated in as man y games as t h e will b e well r emembered. The coach ca p tai n. These two have p layed t h e m ost time of all th e r emai n i ng p la ye r s. Very seld o m do es the coach have t o sub anybody for these two warri or s. Cl eary will pla y left t ackle . H e has b een one of t he mainstays o n t h e lin e this year, and can b e coun t e d u r,> o n to give the Conn. b oys "' .g ener a l m u ssing up . R alph Mead e may p lay a t t h e pivo t
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.S~tf -~ei-Itered, conceit e d jackass, with f~~.; .r-am-b etter-than-thou attitu de. (Tne Sim ile ,is u nfa ir~to the jackass!) I n P o dunk , Seekonk, or vVoonsock et t o u m ay h ave been the pig's squ eal, ·~ ut h'-et·e, until you prove yourse lf, y on'r e not quite t he ho le in the dough :p.ut ! After all, y o u are Freshm e nwit h a, l O't t o 1earn:--btJt you can a t feast . b e gentlemen, a n d display a r easonabl e d egree of co u r t esy towar d the men who h ave b·e en her e much lo n ger th an yourselves . CL'he ' 'high-h a t" is at best a " lo wbrow !" . 'Thi n k it over, freshmen! T he "Crit ic ."
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